Alumni Profiles

Spotlight stories on alumni who are leading, innovating, and making a difference.

No More [Lovin’ That] Dirty Water

Enjoying the Boston Harbor’s Renaissance This Summer

by Nell Porter-Brown

Ballet’s Geometry, Torqued

A choreographer's career, taking shape

by Sophia Nguyen

How Buildings Move People

Justin Lee's essential, “invisible,” work at the Harvard Art Museums

by Lily Scherlis

Dual Dean

A look at James Bundy ’81, dean of the Yale School of Drama

by Sophia Nguyen

Harmonic Progression

Composer Robert Kyr embraces love, peace, and nature.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Labor Litigator

Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan takes on the app economy.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Quiet, Please

Susan Cain foments the “Quiet Revolution.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Henry Knowles Beecher

Brief life of a late-blooming ethicist: 1904-1976

by Jack El-Hai

A Workable Democracy

The optimistic project of Justice Stephen Breyer

by Lincoln Caplan

Reel Revolution

How Black Journal raised the country's consciousness, and opened Kent Garrett's eyes to television's potential

by Sophia Nguyen

Heather Henriksen

Harvard’s chief sustainability officer on scaling up green solutions while scaling back its environmental footprint

by Lydialyle Gibson